New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-17
THE NEW SALON.
WHAT THE AMERICAN ARTISTS AXE
DOING IN PARIS.

0neS
ing OF tho next, every artist in Paris OF real y,
foncie1 nromInence saws to himself, "well, I must
,crjn nv salon. Then he orders toile or canvas
OF five by three yards IL he Is pene airistc' OF inc
same number OF inches II he Is HISTORICAL ih'oiV,
man. And the subjects, too, will difer very moch
with the man who Is to paint It, III he Is ciassics''
he will read Putarch and the Bible till he comes across
subject not too backneycd, which VIII Servo aS an
excuse for an exhibition Of good drawing ana pau
panting il he Is the historical man spoke Oh hc'
look over old engravings and costumes .ih ITO "'''
found something little less hackneyed tnah usual
II he is an impressionist he won't uoube MS heao
about costumes at all. He'll merely match ribbons
or mix paint on his palette till he hits on an l"ea'
"tonality in browns,"or an arrangement IN sreon
and rcd,n or an "agony In whites" happy man IL nc
finds it; he goes to work contentedy enough "".
hardly knows If his figure is in the right or lot hahu
OF his canvas. and much less If 1t Is sitting GOWN Vi
standing mp.
At Latin school used to attend thore were GER
tain poems which tabooed. When boy got up
and becan The boy stood on the burning deck," or
what is that, motherl The swan, my chlld' no
was politely but firmly told to step down an" ou'.
And in the samc way think It ought to be UNDERSTOOD
that certain subjects will not DO admttm 10 'ho
Salon. For instance. there IL Guenn Ever SINCE
MISC Towards clever story published We have
seen nothing but Gucnn in the pictures OF cHtl'n
set Cucnn invariably has been sitting in her hrse
communion clothes. In wheelbarrow' or COOKING
pot bouille,n or scullng boat Icr cap ana collar
will never wear out: they arc more exasperatiheiy
we'll starched each picture. In fact they arc so
prominent that some wag called Daeuan ho"ero''
last picture An Occasion do lingo"
n Turks and French soldiers could also DO abol-
isbed We might breathe moro freely. Couture used
10 say that when n man couldn't paint Frenchmah
and applo trees he went to Mgicrs or Egypt ana
painted Marnclukes and palm uccs: and then cam"
back and told people his things were good' ana thoY
! t,f,. bly ing
The French soldiers arc certainly well enough
palntcd for every one knows how they look IL
really seems IA the stock OF French victories IN inc
Franco-Prussan war; certainly not large, mignt nave
been exhausted in fifteen years Of painting but APP
paronty they flow oil forever. One OF tho last
pictures added to the Luxembourg Gallery represents
"iot Of Prussan Cuirassicrs fleeing before smaller
number Of Frcnchmen." After looking at It youd
think there had been an Uhlan In France
"And onward still the Northern lion bore.
And still the scattered Southron He'd pciOre''
II these and tho rather large number OF moro OF
less improper pictures excluded. we should nave
our salon considerably cut down, anu as 'hihh' We
should be but little the losers
Jean Francois Mct. In one OF his letters, says nc
would llko to have the salon closed Tor tnreo years.
| and then each exhibitor only allowed to sena one
| nude figure. "Then." he says, "we should see now
! much OF this nno work Is knowledge anu ~" h'ue
! cieverncss and chic"
For the old artist all that remains the subject once
decided on, Is to paint the picture and send IL TO
tho Salon. Tho painting may be long agony Vi
prepafatory sketches aud drawings Of scnpings-out
aud scumbllngs and the long walt between the send
ine,in OF the picture and the opening OF the salon.
All be dsasrecable to Tue ou p'l.cr, ~.
he Is spared the onlcal through which tho b,snher-
from the academies have TO pass 0r 20 eous
the professors OF their reputation mat ~ - n.
of etuuette for any pupil Of theirs before exhibiting
a picture. To consult the professor on Us mots.. -
he doesn't 40 this the professor taxes no udoeS bn
voting for the admission OF the picture nue." nc =,
doesn't vote against It. As an offset TO al TINS ~
on seeing work before the exhibition 30 say f mo
as its admission goes. that Is The old Gentleman
wi ssH and In rars. as in some other places we
know or merit il not the only requisite ior
! us a sorry day. then. for tho wrctched stuo,nC
when the asp.rants are expected 70 show their PIC
| lures 20 tho professors. Those great powers ui'
man must 60 through tho atc.er in which his
fellow students arc WORKING Inc mone. mo- ~" -
gca sisht OF his toi.e lie has usually taken tho
precauon cover 1t with cloth or another net, p pam v
who cant have too many people see Their WVrh. ~
KIND usually fan 20 APPEAR IN the EIc nIve er
dy Of notorloty. not Of admiration IL was oS snc
Kindness OF one Of these gent cmcn that was prNi-
Led 10 SEQ picture which a wonderful molange
| of HASTEN Lcpage and Kate Grccnaway. Win strong
DAN Of native incapacity 1t was one of those inn,
! catered pencils as small b0ys-pcucctly rOuhd, Win
cYuaIly round apples dotted hero and there ,....
Let Us not ntrudc Into the terrible chamber where
tho professor sits in judgment. sometimes tho young
nan ho %hstlcs it shows that his sorrow is 200 deep
Tor words There Is another fiery furnace through 81
which his woes must pass That IS tho entrance Of
tho Pa.aco dos Bcaux Arts who're the pictures are u
DO exhibited A great crowd gathers about inc aooL
and "bhgucsr tho pictures. you'll better undetstinu
"cbags" OF sasscs" them Two or three years ago
the crowd uscl to get upon the great stairway ano
in the passagcway. But latcly the genSiarIcs ma,
driven Thorn out and forced them To stano on inc
Sidewalk SPpSs sSS tSe t day for the entry
pictures and found great crowd assembled Whom,
y"nti set M a boot OF dcrsve admiration If a
picture wcro TOO lar5o 10 htVp uo udu ,,,e Sere
at once invented aud hurled at the luchess "tabeau
Sometimes little artist. from poverty OF eeoh 1
he would he hustled by some OF the holder spirits
who wanted to get n look at his picture; bod, u ne ne
reached by two or three gcnsd,rmcs After WINE
we grew more bold and penetrated INTO INC do1rwas
shoatns and believing; but little else ,..
canvas in tho salon and in that respect at least t.
Mr. Julian storys picture Il remarkable, IL Is ,s 50
P Pg sS' des Ecaux Arts Itself 1t is rather startling
in subcct-that French grand dame who hal TO- drink
iifs s' by showing her devotion to the RcpubIc Az
aa Of ns sso Sr but w p ~
attract a good deal Of attention ,....,,.,, no,,,O
Mr. E4"r sSs Sce ysy hs hc %onoio" Of
and pont Aven by spending inc c winter accnr
hshos town !" o cOwa and i gG.a little cRG
who is falling asleep from WEAKNESS: 1t Is charming
III Mr. i mIeHSndcr Harrison another of tho americans
who have lately much into notice. has aiso tort
| unatoy dcviatol from tho French type oil picture
| His "cnvoi" IL American wheat Media strange
thing for an American artist In iarls to pant! "A
good trait in this artist IL that like tho man In the
| song he "neycr docs anything twice alike" This
picture Ia entirely different from his In Arcade Of
last year aud that again rs different from his gre
| pusculor OF tho year bofOrc. -
Mr. ]. g. Mcchcrs last year made decided success
with his picture OF Dutch church. 1t received an
! Gionorlble Mention" and IL Is generally supposed
that IL would have gained medal had It not been for
tho rcvancho" which the Illogical Frenchman delight,
in wrcakng tho unfortunate artist for the sins OF
| Congress In taxing French pictures. MIR. Melchcrs
| has painted another Dutch subject which many THINK
| superior TO his last one. -.
| Mfr Eugene Vail was another OF tho unfortnnateS
! who had to DO content with mention for medal
through no fault OF his His picture this year
n widow sitting alone by the sea shore. anu Is inc
| piece of work. l.. - 49,
| exhibited the "QuattuOr," which made some stir, has
| Ihis wear given I'D sending works TO tho SALON. III